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Implementing a 4-Day Work Week: Maximizing the Benefits, Overcoming the Obstacles

Course Description:

You’ve read the headlines, four-day work weeks are growing almost as quickly as gas prices.

• Utah moves to a four-day work week
• Wayne County’s the first local government in NC to move to a 4-day work week
• Hawaii experiments with a four-day work week
• Birmingham Alabama jumps on board with the 4-day work week

And it’s not just the public sector taking the plunge.  In fact, according to a May survey conducted by SHRM, 26 percent of American businesses are now offering a flexible schedule to help employees cope with the current economic climate.

In addition to easing the burden of commuting costs for workers, employers also see:

• Greater productivity
• Higher job satisfaction and retention
• A boost to recruitment
• Reduced overhead
• Increased morale

But a condensed work week may not be the right option for every company.  Join CCM and our expert faculty for this invaluable audio conference that tackles this increasingly hotbed issue. In just 75 minutes, you’ll learn:

• The basic structure of a 4-day work week: What it is and why it may or may not be the right option for your organization
• Which industries benefit from such a plan and which do not
• How to convince upper management that a 4-day work week is the way to go
• How switching to a 4-day work week can increase employee morale
• What type of accommodations you may have to make for employees
• Best practices for implementing a 4-day work week
• The potential legal challenges of a condensed work week
• Common pitfalls to avoid
• Current industry stats and research
  

Featured FAculty:

Lori L. Wadsworth, Faculty Member, Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University

Lori L. Wadsworth is a faculty member in the Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University. She graduated from BYU with an MPA and then went on to pursue a PhD in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at the University of Utah. Her research interests include work-family interaction, use of flexible benefits, social support, and ethics. She teaches Ethics in Management at the undergraduate level and Human Resource Management in the MPA program.

Along with colleague Rex Facer, Lori co-authored the article “Alternative Work Schedules and Work-Family Balance” – which was instrumental in Utah becoming the first state to officially adopt the 4-Day Work Week.The study, published in the June 2008 Review of Public Personnel Administration, has become a benchmark for other local and state governments as well as private industry. Lori and Rex plan to expand on the study by examining other cities around the country.

Rex L. Facer II, Assistant Professor, Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management

Rex L. Facer II, is an Assistant Professor of Public Finance and Management and the Warren Jones Fellow in the Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management where he teaches in the Master of Public Administration program. He also works as a senior consultant with the human resource consulting firm of Condrey and Associates, Inc. Professor Facer was a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in 2005. He also previously worked as a full-time researcher at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at The University of Georgia. He has lectured internationally on decentralization and local tax policy. His peer-reviewed publications have appeared in the National Tax Journal, Public Administration Review, Urban Affairs Review, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.  He has written on municipal annexation, budget and personnel reform, public service motivation, infrastructure financing, and the alternative work schedules. His current research focuses on alternative work schedules, financing infrastructure and the role of infrastructure in economic development as well as budgetary decision-making.

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